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Product Recall Number: 10-286

Why was recalled?

"The oral inflator button is not properly bonded to the oral stem and can fall off during use, posing a leak of the buoyancy compensator contents. This poses a drowning hazard."

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  • Product Recall Number: 10-286

  • Product Safety Warning Number:

  • Date: 2010-06-29

  • Product Safety Warning Date:

  • Name Of Product: None Listed

  • Description: "The oral inflator button is not properly bonded to the oral stem and can fall off during use, posing a leak of the buoyancy compensator contents."

  • Hazard Description: "The oral inflator button is not properly bonded to the oral stem and can fall off during use, posing a leak of the buoyancy compensator contents. This poses a drowning hazard."

  • Consumer Action: None Listed

  • Original Product Safety Warning Announcement: None Listed

  • Remedy Type: Repair

  • Units: "About 1,380 in the U.S., 530 in Canada"

  • Incidents: Aqua Lung America has received one report of a consumer’s oral inflate button falling off during use. No injuries have been reported.

  • Remedy: Consumers should stop diving with their recalled power inflator and bring it or send it to an authorized Apeks dealer. The dealer will apply a free fix. Consumers may also ask for and receive a free replacement product.

  • Sold At: Diving stores in the U.S. and Canada from November 2006 through March 2010 for between $53 and $70 for the component and between $280 and $520 for the air cells.

  • Importers: "Aqua Lung America of Vista, Calif."

  • Manufacturers: None Listed

  • Distributors: None Listed

  • Manufactured In: California

  • Custom Label: None Listed

  • Custom Field: None Listed

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